Orphan Orca Now A Mommy

SEATTLE (AP) — Canadian biologists say an orphan orca returned to her pod more than a decade ago is now a mom. The Seattle Times reports that the killer whale named Springer was spotted last week on a routine whale population survey in waters off British Columbia, accompanied by her first calf. Now 13, Springer was captured in 2002 near Vashon Island, southwest of Seattle.